Meat hook



Patented Aug. 7, 1923..

AUGUST WILLIAM WEYEL, F BALTEVTOBE' MARYLAND; ELEANORA ADMINISTRATRIX OFSAIE AUGUST W. XVEYEL, DECEASED.

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' Application led July 14, 1922.` Serial No. 575,065.

To @ZZ lwhom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, AUGUST W'. Wnrnn, a citizen ot the United States,and a resident of the city of Baltimore, in the State of o Maryland,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Meat Hooks, oi

which the following is a specification.k A

My invention relates to improvements in meat hooks and it consistssubstantially of the construction, arrangement and mode of operationherein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a meat hook, the individualhook members of which may be swung inwardly toward each other `so thatthe meat hook can be collapsed and stored when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a meat hook with radiatinghook members enabling the hanging ci more carcasses in a prescribedplace than can be hung by the use of the prevailing types of meathooks.y

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the improved meat hook, showing it inuse,

Fig. 2 is a cross section showing the khook members extended in iulllines and folded in dotted lines, and

Fig. 3 isa detail perspective view of the meat hook showing the hookmembers folded to temporarily place them in an out-of` theway position.

in carrying out my invention I provide a hook base l with which aplurality (four in the present instance) of supports 2 are integrallyformed. These supports are closed at 3 underneath, and have sides asshown, for the purpose of enabling the pivotal mounting of the hookmembers or arms 4 upon rivets, bolts or other fastening means 5 whichare passed through these supports.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the pivotal mountings 5 are set back fromthe front open ends of the supports 2 so that when the hook arms 4 arestretched out to the open position, the backs of the hooks will restagainst the closed bottoms 3 and by thus checking further outwardmovement of the hook arms, will hold them in the desired extended orhorizontal positions. VAt the same time, the pivotal mountings 5 arespaced far enough away from the ycentral ,supporting rod 6 so that whenthe hook arms are swung up into the dotted line positions, they assumeslightly inclined positions which keep them from falling back to thehorizontal position and thereforer out ofl the. way when desired.

The central part of the base l is mlid, as shown.y This solid portionhas a threaded opening 7 int-o which the similarly threaded end 8 of thesupporting rod 6 is screwed and iinally fixed in place by a nut 9 on thebottom. The supporting rod may of course be of any desired length and itmay be mounted upon a support in any ydesired manner. Fig. l shows thesupporting rod 6 to have an eye l0 at the top so that it may be hungupon a hook and thus mount the meat hoo v Each of the arms 4 terminatein a hook ll upon which the carcass is hung, as shownin Fig. l. The meatvhook is intended to be used in abattoirs7 butcher shops, and in tact inany place where meat is usually handled and must be hung up either forthe purpose oi' refrigeration or for temporarily placing .it out of theway. The radial arrangement of the hook arms 4 makes it possible tostore a greater number of carcasses in a prescribed space than ispossible in accoi'dance with the prevalent method of using a series othooks'side by side along a supporting bar. rl`he hook arms 4 are mountedon the pivots 5 sutliciently loose to enable slight transverse movementthereon when the hook arms are moved up into the collapsed position inFig. 3. This slight movement of the hook arms enables the points of thehooks to pass the supporting rod 6 slightly and thus aid in keeping thehook in the co-llapsed position.

There may be times when it is desired to close the meat hook either 'forpurposes of transportation. storage or for temporarily disposing thehook arms 4 out of the way. The base l may either be removed entirelyfrom the supporting rod in order to enable the accomplishment of theiirst two purposes and then collapsed, or the hook arms may be collapsedwhile in position upon the supporting rod., the position then assumedbeing about as illustrated in Fig. 3.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved meat hook asherein described and claimed, is that of a generally preferred forni,obviously modifications -and Changes may be made Without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or the scope of theolaiin.

I olaim:-

A meat hook comprising a cast base with a threaded opening and having aplurality of radiating supports consisting of parallel sides andintegral closed bottoms, a rod by, which the meat hook is Suspendedhavinga threaded end screwed into and throurgh'the opening, anutscrewedon the endV of the threadedrod to holdthe'parts together brit thesides of said supports iat'distances' in a single hook Y from the ends.o the'supports greater than f one-half the Width of the arms tov causeadequate portions of the lower edges to rest upon said oojttoinsA andfar enough from the suspending rod to cause the arrns to slightlyincline when folded up, to vthere-TOY maintain the folded up position. pe AUGUST VILLlAM Y

